Situated on the northern boundary of Royal Park, Melbourne, Victoria, the Royal Park Golf Course is a 9-hole golf course located only 3 km from the city. It has the honour of being possibly the only golf course with both tram and trains running through it: the Route 58 tram and the Upfield railway line.

The Royal Park Golf Club, formed in 1903, has been the nursery for many golfers who went on to make a mark in the golfing world, including Peter Thomson (club champion at the age of 16, in 1945) who won the Open Championship (sometimes known as the British Open) 5 times, as well as Gus Jackson and Mick Ryan.

The history of the Club was compiled and produced by Club member (and only female committee member) Denise Hilton in 2003 and published by the club with funding from a Local Community History Publishing Grant Program from the City Of Melbourne. Peter Thomson kindly wrote the foreword and said about the course "It didn't exactly prosper, but it did the next best thing - it endured".

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